Bangkok Post

Festive Gift Giving

The festive hamper is a thoughtful gift for the holidays and the New Year, and Kempinski has put much care into their opulent selections…

- NIKKI BUSUTTIL

Amid the twinkling lights, decorative Christmas adornments in the lobby and Hanuman Bar of the Siam Kempinski hotel is a sample display of the attractive and mouthwater­ing holiday hampers available for purchase.

Thoughtful­ly, the food and beverage team have put together a couple of excellent pre-designed options, but also encourages guests to customize their own selections. The festive spirit can be shared with your friends, family and co-workers, showing you care and appreciate them in an extravagan­t way. A phone call or email away, you can pick up or have delivered one of these bundles of joy.

Featuring homemade, seasonal favourites, the goodies abound, freshly baked and carefully packaged, from the kitchen of Siam Kempinski. The ‘Classic’ set is priced at 3,900 Baht, while the ‘Optimum’ hamper is fixed at 8,800 Baht, both exclusive of 7% government tax.

The Classic includes marshmallo­ws, flavoured meringues, festive cookies, Christmas stollen cake, macaroons, delicious jam and a chocolate Santa, all handcrafte­d at the hotel, as well as a small Siam Kempinski reusable shopping bag and festive Siam Kempinski teddy bear. The Optimum goes a decadent step further with all of the above, except the shopping bag is medium-sized, plus homemade lavosh, fruit mince pies, traditiona­l Christmas fruit cake, chocolate grissini sticks, chocolate medallions, caramelize­d nuts, a signature chocolate bar and other savoury items, not forgetting a 375ml bottle of Louis Roederer Brut NV Champagne.

Feel free to personaliz­e your hamper with a choice of a la carte items, for a tailored touch, whereby prices depend on the items you opt for. If you are handpickin­g your contents, you can check prices when ordering. The Siam Kempinski hampers not only look the sophistica­ted part, but will certainly delight and impress the jubilant recipients, as an epicurean Christmas or New Year gift.

To place an order, or for more informatio­n on all Siam Kempinski festive hampers, as well as all December wining and dining experience­s, stop by or contact 02 162 9000 or email dining. siambangko­k@kepinski.com. Their festive brochure can also be viewed online at www.kempinski.com/bangkok

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